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UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICEL GEORGE RICHARDS, on BRUSSELS, BELGI M.

MILLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,200, dated October 23, 1900. Ap lication filed Kai-ch16, 1900. Serial No. 8.895- (No man To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I. GEORGE RICHARDS, acitizen of the United Stat-es, residing in Brussels, Belgium, (post-ofiice address 102 to 104 Ruede Louvain, Brussels, Belgium,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milling-Machines, of which the following is a specification. i

1 Applications for foreign patents on this invention have been applied for as fol ows-viz, in Great Britain, filed February 16, 1900, No. 3,091.

Thisinvention, pertaining toimprovements in milling-machines, will be readily under stood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying draw-- ings, in which 4 I Figural is a front elevation of a millingmachine embodying-my improvements, this view showing the machine provided with a vertical saddle adapted for horizontal milling; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the frame;

Fig. 3, a perspective view of the vertical sad-- dle employed for horizontal milling; Fig. 4,

a front elevation of the vertical saddle employed for vertical milling; Fig. 5, an eleva tion of the driving end of the machine; Fig. 6, an elevation of the outboard end of the machine, the outboard-housing being omitted;

Fig. 7, a perspective view of the outboardhousing; Fig. 8, a diagram illustrating the arrangement of the driviug belt; Fig. 9, a

perspective view, of somewhat diagrammatic character, of the moving parts pertaining to the transmission of the various feed motions;

Fig. 10, a horizontal section in the plane of line a of Figs. 1 and 5 throughcert'ain members of the driving and feeding mechanism;

1 and Fig. 11, a substantially vertical section through the back-gear mechanism in the plane of line a of Fig. 5.

In'the drawings, quite ignoring Fig. 4 for the present, 1 indicates a horizontal bed provided with a longitudinal slide, preferably of dovetail section, for a saddle; 2, a column rising from one end of the bed and integrally formed therewith and provided with a vertical slide, preferablyot' dovetail section, for a saddle; 3,, a hollow body disposed below and serving to support theb d and column structure and to give support andinclosure for various elements of the driving and feed mechanism; 4, a saddle gihhed to and slid ing on the bed, this saddle being he inafter termed the horizontal saddle; 5, a turntable swiveled on the top of the horizontal saddle, as usual in universal millingma chines; 6, the work-table gibhed to and sliding horizontally in the turn-table and adapted to receive the work or thework-holding fixtures, the entire arrangement of turn-table and work-table being as 'usualin universal milling-machines; 7, a saddle gibbed to and sliding upon column 2, this saddle being here inafter termed the vertical'saddle; 8, a

spindle'journaled horizontally in bearings carried by the vertical saddle and having at its. in next end the usual socket or other arborreceiving feature; 9, the usual mill-arborcarried byand projecting from the inner end of spindle 10, a cylindrically-bored socket rigidly connected with the vertical saddle and disposed above spindle 8, with its axis parallel therewith; 11', a cylindrical steady-bar fitting socket 10 and adapted to turn and slide therein and project therefrom outwardly over the milling-arbor and having a downwardlyproj'ecting arm; 12, an eye formed in the extremity of thearni of the steady-bar, the axis of this eye being horizontal and at a distance from the axis of 'the steady-bar equal to that betweenthe axis of the steadvbar and the axis of spindle 8; 13, a second eye carried by the arm of the steady-bar at the same Q distance from the axis thereof as eye 12, this second eye- 13 being preferably of smaller bore than eye 12; 14, a'clamp gibbed to and adapted for sliding-adjustment on bed 1; 15, a rigid column rising from the clamp to the rear of the axial line of spindle 8; 16, a bearing secured firmly but adjusiably to column '15, so as to be adjusted vertically thereon, the axis of this hearing being horizontal and in the vertical plane of the axis of steady-bar 11; 17, a cylindrical prolongation of steady-bar 11 outwardly beyond the armsupporting eyes 12 and 13, this prolongation of the steady-bar fitting the bearing 15; 18,

a" pulley mounted loosely on the outer end of the spindle 8 or, what is the same thing,

on an outwardly-projecting portion of-theouter bearingof the spindle, as shown in Fig. 11; 19, a disk carried by pulley 1S and having one or more locking-notches in its 3' periphery; 20, a gear fast on the outer end of spindle 8 outwardly beyond disk 19'; 21, a-

locking-bolt sliding radially in gear 12 and adapted to be adjusted into or out of engagement with a notch in the disk, so as to cause the gear 20, and consequently the spindle,.to

be locked to or released from pulley 18; 22,

an eccentric stud mounted in a bearing car'- ried by-the vertical saddle '7 parallel with the axis of'spindle S; 23, a handle for turning this eccentric stud; 24, a pinion carried by pulley 18 between that .pulley and disk 19';

25, a gear mounted loosely oneccentric stud 22 and ads pted,when the stud is'properly turned, to engage with pinion 24; 26, a pinion fast with gear 25 andadapted to engage with gear 20, gear 20, pinion 24, gear 25, and pinion 26, and notched disk 19 constituting the back: gear of the spindle-driving mechanism; 27, a cone-pulley mounted loosely on a stud projecting outwardly from column 2 to the rear of and parallel with spindle 8, this cone-pulley being adapted to receive the main drivingbelt of the machine and provide for changes in driving speed; 28, apulley fast with conepulley 27 and disposed in the vertical plane of pulley 18, so that a belt may engage both pulleys; 29, a stud projecting outwardly from the side of verticalsaddle 7; 30, an idle pulley mounted on this stud below pulley l8 and in the vertical plane thereof; 31,Fig. 10, a swinging arm mounted on the body 3 below vertical saddle 7, the axis'of swinging motion of this arm being parallel with spindle 8; 32, bolts uniting arm 31 to the body and serving to clamp the arm in adjusted angular position; 33, an eccentric stud mounted in arm 31 p'arallelwith the axis of swinging motion of the arm; 34, a pulley mounted loosely on eccentric stud 33 in the vertical plane of pulleys 18, 28, and 30, so that one belt may engage the four pulleys; 35, a handle for turning eccentric stud 83; 36, a belt engaging pulleys 18, 28, 30, and 34; 37, the main feed-shaft, the same being journaled in the body in the axis of swinging motion of arm 31 and being geared to pulley 34, as hereinafter explained; 38, Fig. 9, a disk secured upon the inner end of main shaft 37 and inclosed within the hollow body of the machine, this disk having preferably a yielding face, as of leather; 39,

a splincd shaft journaled in the body vertically alongside the face of disk 38, with its axial line intersecting that of shaft 37; 40, a bush-wheel splined to shaft 39 and havingits periphery engaging the face of disk 38, so that motion will be transmitted from shaft 37 to shaft 39; 41', a vertically-sliding bearing, in which is journaled the hub of bush-wheel 40; 42, an index-pointer carried by an arm projecting outwardly from bearing 41, this pointer being exterior to the body of the machine, which' is slotted to permit the vertical play of. the arm carrying the pointer; 43, a graduated index at the margin of the slot-just referred to,the grad nations indicating the vertical position 'of bush-wheel 40 relative to the axis of the disk which drives it; 44, a screw mounted verticallyin the body of the machine parallel with bush-wheel shaft 39 and engaging bearing 41 as a nut, sothat the turning of the screw will serve in adjusting the-bushwheel diametrically across the disk which d ri'ves it; 45, a shaft jour'naled in the body of the machine and projecting exterior thereto to receive a handcrank; 46, gearing connecting the inner end of shaft 45 with screw 44, whereby the manipulation of the hand-crank may serve in turning the screw andadjusting the bush-wheel,spiral gearingbeing employed in the exemplification; 47, a' splined" shaft journaled longitudinally in bed 1; 48, a wormwheel fast on this shaft; 49, a worm fasten bush-wheel shaft 39 and engaging worm-wheel 4S, whereby'the turning of main feed-shaft 37 imparts rotary motion to bed-shaft 47 in a direction and ata speed dependent on the adjustment of the -bnsh-wheel; 50, a bevel-pin-' ion splined on bed-shaft 47 and serving to transmit motion to the feed screw of worktable 6 in a manner and by lhemeansusual in universal milling-machines; 51, the bedscrew' journaled in bed 1 and engaging-herb zontal saddle 4 and serving in traversing that saddle alongthe bed, the outer end of this i screw being adapted for the reception of a hand-crank; 52, a gear loose on bed-shaft 47 f and having a clutch-face; 53, a gear fast on bed-screw 51 and meshing with gear 52; 54,5 7 1 back shaft journaled longitudinally in the bed and having its outer end'arranged to receive a hand-crank; 55, a gear fast on back shaft 54; 56, a'second clutch-faced gear loose on bed-shaft 47; 57, an idle intermediategear engaging gears 55 and 56; 58, 2. clutch splined to bed-shaft 47 between gears 52 and 56 and 1 adapted, according as thrown, to lock either one of those gears to shaft 47; 59; a leverfor throwing clutch 58 and having it handles:- teri'or to the bed of the machine; 60, a vertical screw mounted in column 2and engaging the vertical saddle and serving for the vertical adjustmentof the saddle upon the column;

61, gearing connecting the inner end of back shaft 54 with screw 60, the gearing shown in the exemplification being'of the spiral type; 6.2, a horizontal lrip-rod sliding in. hearings in v front of the bed and connected with clutch- 1 lever 59; 63, a tappet carried by horizontal saddle '4 and traversing trip-rod 62; 64, adjustable dogs upon trip-rod 62, adapted to be engaged by the tappet; 65, a vertical trip-rod carried by vertical saddle 7 and sliding with it, the axis of the vertical trip-rod intersecting the axial line of horizontal trip-rod62;

66, adjustable dogs upon vertical trip-rod 65, I

adapted to engage theend of horizontal triprod 62 andslide the horizontal rod endwise;

67, Fig. 10, a change-gear removably secured to the'outer end of main feed-shaft 37; 68,21.

change-pinion removabl y secured on the hub of pulley 34 and adapted when eccentric stud i 33 is properly adjusted to mesh with gear 67, gear 67 and pinion 68 being interchangeable,

' the work-table,wherehy the longitudinal feedvan tageons manner, as will be obvious,

ing motion of the work-table through the turntable is arrested at desired point by the operation ofa dog on the work-table; 71, Fig. 4 only, a vertical saddle adapted to interchange with vertical saddle 7 and take the place of the latter upon the column of the machine when vertical milling is to be done, saddie 71 being provided with a rigid integral arm projecting out over the work-table; 72, a vertical spindle journaled in. the outer end of the arm of saddle 7'1; 7 3, bevel-gearing counecting saddle-spindle 8 with vertical spindle 72, and 74 a vertical mill secured at the lower end of spindle 72.

The main description has been giveuupon the machine as adapted for horizontal milling. For vertical milling the saddle 71 displaces the saddle 7,t-he two being interchangeable upon the column.

The thrusts due to the strains of cuttingare met by the rigid members and sliding surfaces of this machine in a particularly-ad- Bed 1 may be ofany length desired without in any a degree im pairing its capacity for resisting the cuttingstrains. Outboard-column 15 may be adjusted at any desired point along the bed,

, and it may be employedor dispensed with,ac-

cording to the requirements of the work. Its

bearing 16 may be employed. in supporting steady-bar 11, or it may be lowered into line with spindle 8 and serve as the direct ontboard-bearing for an arbor or boringbar. Steady-bar 11 may be employed in furnishing the outboamlmearing for an arbor or a boring-bar, either alone or ,in conjunction with out board-column l5and its bearing lfi. Either oi the eyes 12 and 13' may be swung into the proper line for use, it thus being practicable to have a large bearing-eye-for large arbor-s,

&c. and a small one for small arbors or fora center. r

Turning to Figs; 5 and 8, it will be obvious that belt 36 is maintained at constant tension throughout the vertical adjustmeutofsaddle driven at the speed of pulley 18, but with locking-pin 21 disengaged and the back-gears brought into action then spindle 8 turns very much slower and more powerfully.

Turning to Fig. 9, it will be obvious that change in feeding rates.

vertical saddle 7 may adjusted on its column by hand-crank on shaft 54, operated conalso be obvious from Fig. 9 that all of the power feeding motions are derived from main feed shaft 37, taking its mot-ion through change-gears 67 and 68, Fig. 10, the intercha'ngeability of which provides foru radical Manipulation of handle 35 disengages gears GTwrdfiSaud instantlyarrests all the power feeding motions The'vertical adjustment of the bush-wheel obviously provides for grad nations of rate of all of the power-feeds and fora change in direction of all of the power-feeds. The direction and rate of feed can be readily judged from the exterior index, and the rate and direction of feed can be readily changed by crank on shaft 45 while theinachine is in motion.

- Bush-wheel shaft 39 gives motion'to splined ,shaft 47, and by throwing clutch 58 into engagement with gear 5; feed mot-ion may be imparted to screw 51 and to the horizontal saddle at rate and in direction depending on the adjustmentof the bush-wheel. By throw- I ing clutch 58 into engagementwith gear-56 feed motion is similarly imparted to screw 60- and the vertical saddle. The feed motion of the horizontal saddle is tripped by the action of tappet 63 on the dogs 64 of the horizontal trip-rod, the result being the throwing of clutch 58 to idle position. Similarly the feedingmotion of the vertical saddle is tripped by the action of the dogs on vertical trip-rod 65, which through rod 62 releases the clutch. The work-table is traversed through the turntable by screw 69 and tripped by trip mechanism 70, as usual.

Referring to Fig. 10, it maybe stated that rt-is preferable to form mainfeed-shaft 37 in so as togzmaintainl proper frictional contact between the bush-wheel and the disk which drives it, such adjustment being usual in bush-wheel devices.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a milling-machine, the combination. substantially asset forth,of a vertical column. a vertical saddle titted for sliding motion on the column, a spindle jcurnaled in said vertical saddle, a pulley on said spindle, an idle pulley carried by said saddle below said spindle-pulley, a pulleysupported below said idle pulley, adriving pulley supported by said column, and a belt engaging all said pulleys.

2. In handling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a bed, a column at one end thereof, a vertical saddle to slide on the column, a horizontal saddle to slide on the bed, a spindle jonrnaled in the vertical.

ing said pulley, a main feed shat't actuated by said driving belt,'independent feed devices for said two saddles, a train of transmitting mechanism'between said main feedshaftand said' feed devices, and a disk and bush-wheel in said train of transmitting mechanism.

3. In a millingqnachine, the combination, snbstantially'as set forth, of a bed, a column at one end thereof, a vertical saddle to slide on said column, a horizontal saddle 'to slide on said bed, a spindle journaled in the vertical saddle,a second column adjustably nioun ted on said bed, a cylindrical bearing carried by said second column, a steady-bar carried by said vertical saddle, an arm projecting from said steady barand having an eye adapted for alinement with said spindle, and an outward cylindrical prolongation from said steady-bar adapted for engagement with said bearing. 7

4. In a milling-machine, the combination,

substantially as set forth, of a bed, a column at one end thereof, a vertical saddle to slide on said c0lumn,a horizontal saddle to slide on said bed, a spindle journaled in the vertical saddle, a clamp adapted to be secured adjustably along said bed, a column rising from said clamp, abearing vertically adjustable on said cla1np-column,a socket carried by said vertical saddle above and parallel with said spindle, a steady-bar having alining endseugaging said socket and said bearing respec tively,and an arm projecting from said stead ybar and having an eye adapted for alinement with said spindle. v

5. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a bed, a column at one end thereof, a vertical saddle to slide on said column, a horizontal saddle to slide on said bed, a spindle journaled in the vertical saddle, a cylind rical socket carried by said vertical saddle above and parallel with said spindle, a steady-bar engaging said socket, and an arm projecting from said-steady-bar andcariying a plurality of eyes adapted for alternative alinement with said spindle.

6-. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a horizontal bed, a column at one end thereof, a horizontal sad? dle to slide upon the bed, aventical saddle to slide upon the column, a spindle journaled in the vertical saddle, a pulley on said spindle,

an idle pulley carried by the vertical saddle below said spindle-pulley, a driving-pulley supported by .said column, an adjustable cc centric spindle supported below said idle pulley, a pulley on said eccentric spindle, and a belt engaging a l said pulleys.

7. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a horizontal bed,

. a. col-u run at one end thereof, a horizontal saddle to slide upon the bed, a vertical saddle to slide upon the column, a spindle journuled in the vertical saddle, a pu ley on said spindle, an idle pulley carried by the vertical saddle below said spindle-pulley, a driving-pulley centric spindle supported below saididle pullay, a pulley on said eccentric spindle,'a'gear fast with saidlast-mentioned pulley, a main feed-shaft parallel with said eccentric spindle, a gear on said main feed-shaft and engagsupported by said column, an adjnstableecing the before-mentioned gear, and a belt en t 1 gaging all said pulleys.

' 8. In a milling-machine, the combination,

substantially as set forth, of a horizontal bed, a column at one end thereof, a horizontal sad dle to slide upon the bed, avertical saddle to slide upon the column, a spindle journaled in' the vertical saddle,a pulley on said spindle,- an idle pulley carried, by the vertical saddle below said spindle-pulley, a driving-pulley supported by said column, a swinging arm mounted on a horizontal axis below said idle pulley, a clamp for securing said arm in adjusted position, a pulley carried by the free portion of said arm, and a belt engaging all said pulleys.

9. In amilling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a horizontalbed,

a column atone end thereof, a horizontalsaddle to slide upon the bed, a vertical'saddle to slide .upon the column, a spindle journaled in the-vertical saddle, a pulley on said spindle, an idle pulley carried by the vertical saddle below said spindle-pulley, a drivingpnlle'y supported by said column, a swinging arm mounted on a horizontal axis below said idle pulley, a clamp for securing said arm in adjust-ed position, a main feed-shaft at the axis of said arm, a gear on said main feedshaft, a pulley carried by the free portion of i said arm, a gear carried by said lastmentioned pulley engaging the before-mentioned gear, and a belt engaging allsaidpulleys.

10. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a horizontal bed,

a column at one end thereof-, a horizontal saddle to slide upon the bed, a vertical saddle to slide upon the column, a spindle'journaled in the vertical saddle, a pulley on said spindle, an idle pulley carried by the vertical saddle below said spindle-pulley, a drivingpulley supported by said column, a swinging arm mounted on a horizontal axisbelow said idle pulley, a clamp for securing said arm in adjusted position, an eccentric spindle car ried by the free portion of said arm,a pulley on said eccentric spindle, a gear on said lastmentioned pulley,'a feed-shaft at the axis of said arm, 'a gear on. said feed shaft and engaging th'e before-mentioned gear, and a belt engaging all said pulleys.

11. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially asset forth, of a horizontal bed, acolumn at one endthereof, a horizontal saddie to slide upon the bed, a vertical saddle to slide upon the column, a spindle journaled in the vertical saddle, a pulley on said spindie, an idle pulley carried by the vertical sad-V dle below said spindle-pulley, a driving-pulley supported by said column, a swinging arm mounted on a horizontal axisbelowsaid idle pulley, a clamp for securing said arm in adjusted posit-ion, affeed-shaft at the axis of said arm, a pulley mounted on the free portion of said arm, interchangeable gears on said feed-shaft and said last-mentioned pulley. and a belt engaging all said pulleys.

12. In amilling-machine, the combination, substantially as set fo rth,'of a bed, a column thereon, a horizontal saddle'to slide on the bed, a vertical saddle to slide on the column, a screw in the column for adjusting the vertical saddle, a screw in the bed for adjusting the horizontal saddle, abed-shaft-journaled in the bed, means for rotating said bed-shaft, a pair of clutch gears loose on said bed-shaft and facingeach other, gearing connecting one of said clutch-gears with the bed-screw, gearing connecting the other of said clutch-gears with the column-screw, asingle clutch splined to the bed-shaft and adapted to engage either of said clutch-gears, and a lever for shifting said clutch;

13. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of abed, a column thereon, a horizontal saddle to slide on the bed, a vertical saddle to slide on thecolumn, a screw in the column for adjusting thevertieal saddle, a screw in the bed for adjusting the horizontal saddle, a bed-shaft j'ournaled in the bed, means r rotating said bed-shaft, a pair of clutch-g ars loose on said bed-shaft and facing, each other, gearing connecting one of said clutch-gears with the bed-screw, gearing connecting the other of said clutch-gears with the column-screw, a single clutch splined to the bed-shaft and adapted to engage either of said. clutch-gears, a lever for shifting said clutch, a horizontal trip-rod mounted on the bed and engaging said lever, and a tappet carried by said horizontal saddle and engaging said trip-rod. l

14. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a bed, a column thereon, a horizontal saddle to slide on the bed, a vertical saddle to slide on the column, a screw in the column for adjusting the vertical saddle, a screw in the bed for adjustgears with the bed-screw,

ing thehorizontal saddle, a bed-shaft journaled in the bed, means for rotating said hedshaft, a pair of clutchgears loose on said bedshaft, gearing connecting one of said clutchgearing connecting the other of said clutch-gears with the column-screv, a clutch splined to the bed-shaft and adapted to engage either of said clutchgears, a lever for shiftingsaid clutch, ahorizon tal trip-rod gaging said lever, a tappet carried by said horizontal saddle and engaging said triprod, a vertical trip-rod carried by said vertical saddle, and a dog carried by said vertical triprod and adapted to engage said horizontal rod.

15. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a bed, a column thereon, a horizontal saddle to slide on the bed, a vertical saddle to slide on the column, a screw in the-column for the adjustment of the vertical saddle, a screw in the bed for the adjustment of the horizontal saddle and fitted for a crank at its outer end, a back shaft journaled in the bed and fitted for a. crank at its outer end, gearing connecting the inner end of said back shaft with the column-screw, a bed-shaft mounted in the bed,-means for rotating said bed-shaft, and gearing connectmounted on the bed and en-.

ing said bed-screw and bed-shaft and back I shaft.

16. In a milling-machine, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a column, a vertical saddle sliding thereon, a spindle journaled in said s'addleand projecting endwise therefrom, a gear fast on the projecting end of said spindle, a locking-bolt carried by said geaiga pulley loose on said spindle, a pinion and notched plate fast together and mounted on the axis of said spindle between said gear and pulley, an eccentric stud carried by said saddle parallel with said spindle, and a gear and pinion fast together and mounted on said eccentric stud.

, GEORGE RICHARDS. Witnesses: i f

Osw. Sanvsx, FREDC. Onion. 

